South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-04-22
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Home Correspondence.
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MIDDLErowN. Va. April l8.
We have had some fine sprine
weather, but at present IT is quite
rainy. Farmers are done sowing
oats and are getting ready to plant
corn Meadows aud wheat fields
are looking we'll. The writer is
attending the Normal School here,
under the management of Prof.
G w. Hoenshell. II is q good
school, has good faculty, aud is
doing good work. Respectfully,
NoRMALIrc.
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NORTH RIVER MILLs. April ls.
Mr.. Editor We are having a
nice rain at present which Will add
greatly to the coming wheat crop
The sick people IN this neigh
borhood are generally improving.
hr. g. N. Williams has dispens.
ed with gold digging and gone to
regular farming.
Mrs. Lacy Miller has been vis-
ting Miss Kate Henderson, of
this place.
MIR. j. A. Bennett has about
completed his course Of appren-
ticeship under 3. Taylor Smith,
carpenter.
Mr. A. G. 10y recently purchas-
ed fine lot of cattle hope ne may
be successful in selling.
Truly. You Know.
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AUGUSTA. April 10.
Rev. w. E. Woolf preached here
On Sunday at 10 q. m. The sing
ing class met at 3 p. M. The sing
ing wac really very good; except
that the ladies seem little afraid
that they VII be heard. Rev. Ed.
ward MoCauIey preached at night
Quite number of sheep folds have
been ralGed by dogs recently. l..
ID Schnibbe had 8 killed and seve-
raj Wounded. Samuel Parks lost
and had Ia wounded. Newton
Carlisle's flock was attacked but he
drove the dogs off before any dam
age was done. Squire Schnibbo is
putting up an addition to his resi-
dence. Since tue arrival Of the
last bouncing boy the Squire seems
a little crowded, but is Just "a
proud as can be.
Prof. Robert Riley is expected to
teach u summer school at KillGeer.
Every body is talking Of peeling
bark. REX.
LEVELS X ROADS. April Is.
M. burnside, our blacksmith,
has moved to South Branch depot,
and occupies the former residence
Of MIR. Thomas Kuykendall, who
has moved to Springfield. MIR. B.
Shanhcltzer has moved in with his
mother, Mrs R. ShanhoIzer, near
here. Mr.. ID. w. Scanlan passed
through the Levels on the 10Th on
his way home Mr.. Sheridan Hotf-
man has been visiting his parents
near here. Mrs. Thomas Kuyken-
dali is very III at her fathers Mr..
Magill's. L Bessie, daughter of
b. f. and j. b. Grant, died on the
10Th of this month of Group Bes sic
was bright little girl of about %
months old, ard loved By all who
knew her. Mr.. Thomas Dickens,
near here, started a fire in a thick
ct he wanted 10 burn, and it burned
too fast for HIM aud destroyed a.
bout 80 panels of fence. L. G. Y.
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LEVELS, April IA. 1887.
Our school closed the 9Th the
evening was pleasantly spent in
spelling. Miss n. w. Brown, the
teacher, left on Saturday for Spring
field, where che expects TO spend a
few days visiting friends, and thence
return 10 her home at Ridgeville,
Mineral county. NJ SIS Brown is
one among our beat teachers. She
took delight in instructing her pu-
pills. Some teachers get dilatory
towards the expiration Of their
school ard think, well, it is not long
till my school closes; ii don't make
any difference if | do neglect my
duty a little. But it is not the case
with Miss Brown-and should not
be with any other teacher. II
seemed that she thought that the
expiration of her school was draw
ing near. and she must ork hard
aud do oil tho good she could in
what little time remained. She
was liked by all her pupils, and we